[mythtv-users] The $99 frontend is here. Is this too good to be true?

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Wed Feb 4 17:03:39 UTC 2009


On Wed, February 4, 2009 4:46 pm, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
> The following link is a company on ebay selling a 1.8ghz Pentium M system
> with 1gb ram and 2gb compact flash memory for the hard drive in a complete
> mini itx system that measures 13" by 11" by 3" and it's all only $99 with
> free shipping....Includes power supply and everything.
>
> What am I missing here. How is this company to do this for only $99.00? Or
> is this the best deal you ever heard of? They seem to have very good ebay
> reviews.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-ITX-1-8GHz-iGoLogic-i3368G-LF-CPU-HTPC-Computer_W0Q
> QitemZ220354063431QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item220354063431&_trks
> id=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1
> |293%3A1|294%3A50
>
>
> -Steve

Well, it's not exactly small or pretty.  Looks like it only has PCI slots
(from the picture) so if you wanted to put in an NVIDIA card for VDAPU you
might struggle.  Could be noisy as well, and it's not clear if the sound
is 5.1.

But at that price it could be worth finding out!

Robert.



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